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Mar 31, 2026

John Legend Ditching Longtime Manager Ty Stiklorius After Twenty Years

Photo Credit: John Legend for LG전자 / CC by 2.0 John Legend parts ways with his longtime manager Ty Stiklorius of Friends at Work and signs with Roc Nation. John Legend has switched management and is now represented by Jay Brown at Roc Nation as he parts ways with his longtime manager Ty Stiklorius and her firm Friends

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Mar 31, 2026

SlopTracker Reveals AI’s Grip on Spotify Royalty Pool

Photo Credit: SlopTracker.org SlopTracker.org has emerged as a tool to track the impact AI artists are having on the streaming economy—especially the Spotify royalty pool. The website meticulously tracks AI-generated artists on Spotify, quantifying the royalties that these artists divert from human creators through a d

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Mar 31, 2026

Taylor Swift Slapped with Trademark Infringement Suit by Former Las Vegas Showgirl — And This One Doesn’t Look Frivolous

Photo Credit: Taylor Swift by Ronald Woan / CC by 2.0 Taylor Swift is being sued over The Life of a Showgirl by a former Las Vegas showgirl who owns the trademark for “Confessions of a Showgirl.” Taylor Swift is facing a lawsuit from an actual showgirl alleging trademark infringement, false designation, and unfair comp

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Mar 31, 2026

Germany’s GEMA Posts 2025 Income Bump, Operating Costs Decrease as Distributions Top $1.3 Billion

GEMA CEO Tobias Holzmüller. Photo Credit: GEMA Germany’s GEMA has posted a small collections increase for 2025, when live performance growth helped offset a broadcast slip en route to delivering nearly €1.15 billion (currently $1.32 billion) in composer, songwriter, and publisher distributions. Berlin-based GEMA shed l

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Mar 31, 2026

Snoop Dogg to Headline Long Beach Amphitheater’s Grand Opening

Photo Credit: DAH DAH Snoop Dogg Official Snoop Dogg takes the stage on June 6 to kick off the inaugural season of Long Beach’s new waterfront venue in a historic grand opening. The Long Beach Amphitheater, South California’s newest open-air live music venue, today announced that Long Beach native, rapper, and icon Sno

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Mar 30, 2026

Wu-Tang Reunion Tour Goes Seriously Sour in Australia; Fans Issued Full Refunds After Disastrous No-Shows

Photo Credit: Wu-Tang Clan (Deezer) Fans in Australia have been offered refunds after multiple members of the Wu-Tang Clan failed to appear at the Australian leg of the tour. Not all members of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan were slated to appear on the Australian leg of the group’s tour, which has been billed as their ful

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Mar 30, 2026

Lisa of Blackpink Becomes First K-Pop Artist with a Vegas Residency

Photo Credit: Lisa (Instagram) Lisa of K-pop girl group Blackpink announces a Las Vegas residency, becoming the first K-pop artist to secure such a run. Blackpink sensation Lisa has announced her first residency in Las Vegas, VIVA LA LISA, coming to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in November for a limited run. The new

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Mar 30, 2026

Epic Records Names New CEO—Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Lewis New Chairman & CEO

Photo Credit: Epic Records Epic Records has appointed Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Lewis as its new Chairman & CEO, marking a new chapter for one of Sony Music’s flagship labels. The announcement comes as Sylvia Rhone stepped down last year following a six-year tenure that saw the label achieve consistent chart success across multip

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Mar 30, 2026

UMG Announces ‘First-Ever Share Buyback Program’ Amid Sagging Stock Price, Intends to Deploy Over $570 Million

The Euronext Amsterdam building. Photo Credit: Bootuitjes Universal Music Group (UMG) has teed up its “first-ever share buyback program”– to the tune of as much as €500 million (currently $573 million) worth of anticipated stock repurchases. The major label formally disclosed its inaugural buyback today, attributing th

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Mar 30, 2026

SoundCloud Launches ‘Follower Exclusive Releases’ Superfan Feature — Artists Can Now Share Tracks With Followers ‘For a Limited Time or Indefinitely’

DJ Chris Stussy has kicked off the launch of SoundCloud’s Follower Exclusive Releases with ‘What Makes You Feel.’ Photo Credit: SoundCloud Another day, another superfan-geared expansion – this time from SoundCloud, which is now enabling artists to make new projects available to diehards with “Follower Exclusive Release

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Mar 30, 2026

Why Did Two US Army Apache Helicopters Approach Kid Rock’s House?

Photo Credit: Kid Rock (Twitter/X) Kid Rock shared a video of a pair of Apache helicopters flying by his Nashville home this weekend. Now the Army has opened an inquiry into the matter. On Saturday afternoon, outspoken conservative and Donald Trump pal Kid Rock shared a pair of videos on social media showing two Apache

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Mar 30, 2026

Artists Fight Back Against AI Slop, But Are DSPs Doing Enough?

Photo Credit: Igor Omilaev Numerous artists have seen AI slop try to cut in on their streaming royalties. But is the matter being taken seriously enough by major streamers? It’s not a new problem, but it’s going to get worse before it gets better. British artist Benedict Cork told TIME that after uploading a clip of hi

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